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‘It’s OK Noa, we’re taking you home:’ Dramatic helmet camera footage shows the moment IDF forces located and rescued Noa Argamani after 245 days in Hamas captivity

This is the moment when the IDF invades Gaza invaded to rescue Noa Argamani Hamas captivity during a daring attack before returning her safely Israel.

Dramatic images from the main camera can be seen Israeli special forces enter a compound with assault rifles and find the 26-year-old and tell her: ‘Noa, everything is fine. We’ll take you home.”

Israeli forces rescued Noa and three other hostages last week after 245 days in the besieged Gaza Strip in the largest and most successful operation of the war.

Noa was led to a car by her rescuers before being pulled out of Gaza in a military helicopter and returned safely to a hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Noa Argamani made headlines around the world when she was dragged into Gaza on October 7, filmed being kidnapped from the back of a motorcycle with her boyfriend while shouting, “Don’t kill me!”

CCTV footage recorded last week shows how Noa was rescued from the compound

CCTV footage recorded last week shows how Noa was rescued from the compound

Noa Argamani, then 25, was kidnapped on the back of a motorcycle during the raid

Noa Argamani, then 25, was kidnapped on the back of a motorcycle during the raid

A video released by Israel on Twitter/X showed troops rushing in and reassuring Noa about her safety last Saturday.

Israel said this was the result of weeks of planning and was welcomed by many at home, jaded by the lack of progress in returning the hostages snatched last October.

Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were also recovered during a daytime operation at two separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat.

High-speed CCTV footage showed Israeli troops moving through the compound, which appeared to be a house in Gaza, with natural light and an equipped kitchen.

She is seen being pulled into the street as her rescuers urge her to ‘stop’, apparently checking that they are free to continue before rushing her to a car.

Grainy black-and-white video shared by Israel last week allegedly shows three hostages taking off in an Israeli helicopter after their rescue to return to Israel.

Noa had spent 245 days in Hamas captivity after being dragged into Gaza from the Supernova Music Festival in southern Israel on October 7.

Images of her abduction on the back of a motorcycle with her boyfriend Avinatan Or horrified onlookers and brought international condemnation to Hamas.

Her partner is said to still be in the Palestinian enclave.

Israel says there are still more than 130 hostages, about a quarter of whom are believed dead. Divisions in the country are growing over how to bring them home.

After her release, Noa was pictured enjoying a Coca Cola with her father, and was filmed receiving phone calls from President Isaac Herzog and Netanyahu.

The headquarters of the Hostages Families Forum – a volunteer-based organization set up to help bring hostages home – called the recovery of the four hostages “a miraculous triumph” and called on the Israeli government to rescue those still held , to bring home.

They said in a statement: “The IDF’s heroic operation that freed and brought home Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Andrey Kozlov and Almog Meir Jan is a miraculous triumph.

“Now, with the joy washing over Israel, the Israeli government must remember its promise to return all 120 hostages still held by Hamas – the living for rehabilitation, the murdered for burial.

“We continue to call on the international community to exert the necessary pressure on Hamas to accept the proposed deal and release the other 120 hostages held in captivity; every day is a day too far.’

But serious questions were also raised about the human cost of the rescue mission, with the Hamas-led Health Ministry claiming that 274 people were killed and 698 injured.

Critics of Israel’s behavior, including many hostage advocates, continue to urge Israel to find a diplomatic solution with Hamas to end the war and return the hostages — but progress has been slow since the negotiations for a temporary ceasefire last November.

Noa, who is 26, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7 and taken to Gaza

Noa, who is 26, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7 and taken to Gaza

A video allegedly showing Noa in captivity in Gaza circulated on social media

A video allegedly showing Noa in captivity in Gaza circulated on social media

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